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From: hnridder@cs.ruu.nl (Ernst de Ridder)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.std.c
Subject: difference between c++; and ++c;
Summary: Why write ++c; instead of c++
Keywords: pre post increment decrement grammar style
Message-ID: <1991Apr08.161444.10025@cs.ruu.nl>
Date: 8 Apr 91 16:14:44 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
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I once read (I'm not sure where, but I believe it was in the C++
programming language) that some C-programmers argue that ++c is neater
than c++.  (In situations where the side-effect doesn't matter).  So
they write (just as an illustration)
	while ( c < 100)
	   ++c;
instead of
	while ( c < 100)
	   c++;

Why should one of these forms be preferred over the other in such a situation,
apart from personal preferences?

Ernst de Ridder

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